Looking forward: Using scenario modeling to support regional land use planning in northern Yukon, Canada

Ecology and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Francis, Shawn R ^a   Hamm, Jeff ^b  

^a ALCES Landscape and Land Use Ltd   (Canada)

^b Geoplan Consulting   (Canada)

Author keywords

ALCES ; Cumulative effects; Eagle plain; Land use planning; Limits of acceptable change; Moose; North Yukon; Porcupine caribou herd; Scenario modeling; Vuntut gwitchin; Yukon government

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FUTURE PROSPECT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE PLANNING; REGIONAL PLANNING; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CANADA; YUKON TERRITORY;

RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 84930485996     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-04532-160418     Document Type: Article

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